Gentleman Jocard

Gentleman Jocard (born c. 1710), born Gombo, was a Malagasy pirate who was the "pirate lord" of the Atlantic Ocean in the 1740s.

Biography
Gombo was born in the 1710s in Madagascar, and he was sold into slavery to a Frenchman named Jocard. Gombo ran away from the plantation in the 1730s and decided to become a pirate, and other slaves on the plantation would kill Jocard and take his ship. They invited Gombo to lead them, and Gombo took on the name "Gentleman Jocard" to falsify his identity. Jocard became the "pirate lord" of the Atlantic Ocean, and he plundered slave ships and other vessels in the Atlantic. Jocard would assist in the formation of the pirate fleet to resist the Royal Navy armada sent to annihilate piracy in the Pacific Ocean in 1747, and he resumed piracy on his ship Ranger afterwards.